Pail-support.



PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907. A. W. MOINTYRE.

PAIL SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1906.

t I a /0 /0 attoznoqls onrrn AROHIBALD W. McINTYRE, OF ALEXANDER, NORTH DAKOTA.

PAIL-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application filed June 27,1906. Serial No. 323.637.

T0 ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARonIBALD IV. MoIN- TYRE, a citizen-of the United States, residing at Alexander, in the county of McKenzie, State of North Dakota, have invented certain new, and useful Improvements in Pail- Supports and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to pail-supports, and has for its object to provide a device for use by dairymen and farmers to hold a milk-pail while milking.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will support a milk-pail above the ground, and thereby prevent dirt accumulating on the bottom of the pail.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be supported from the shoulders of the user, and thereby aid in supporting the pail when walking from place to place.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view with the bucket in elevation.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, the numeral 5 denotes a ring of bar metal or other suitable material, which is designed to receive a milk-pail, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the device being particularly well adapted for use to support pails which are wider at the top than at the bottom.

In order that the ring and the bucket which it encircles may be supported from the shoulders of the dairyman, I provide a pair of supporting-rods 6, which are flattened at their lower ends, as at 7, and riveted or otherwise secured to the ring 5 at diametrically opposite points thereon. From the said ring the rods extend upwardly and rearwardly and have their upper end portions curved rearwardly, and thence downwardly, as at 8, to permit the rods to be engaged with the shoulders of the user. It will be seen from the above that the device is equally well adapted to support a pail either while the person using the device is seated or while walking from place to place.

A common disadvantage found in devices of thisnature is that the pail is not supported above the ground, and hence dirt accumulates on the bottom thereof. I overcome this disadvantage by providing a plurality of legs 9, which are secured, as at 10, at their upper ends to the ring 5 and are of sufficient length to support the pail with its bottom above the ground.

It is to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising a pail-receiving member, and means connected with the member for supporting the same from the shoulders of the user of the device.

2. A device of the class described com prising a pail-receiving member, and rods connected with the member for supporting the same from the shoulders of the user of the device.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARCHIBALD W. MOINTYRE.

WVitnesses CARL M. JAooBsoN, K. F. BALDWIN. 

